Colored calking cement



. Patented Aug. 1935 I 2,011,607" coronal): CALKING CEMENT Charles S. Re'eve,Leonia, N. .L, assignor to The Barrett Company, New York, N; Y., a corporation of New Jersey No Drawing.

My invention relates'to'pla'stic compositions and cements and particularly to elasticcementitious materials adapted for use as. calking; cement and in expansion joints,;,etc.- My invention is 5.13;,90Ii061fi16d particularly with colored calking cements r 55 In theconstruction of buildings it is usually necessary to employ a calking cement to seal the space between masonryand window frames, door n frames, etc. to prevent the seepage of water into the structure and to avoid staining ofthe brickwork and thedampening and loosening. of plaster .within the .building.- Joints in. masonry, roofs and roadways also are often filled with .waterproof material to prevent water from penetratingto the foundation or lower layers of the construction. Many of these compositlonsare black and therefore uns "ted .for use in calkmgjoints ion. thelfaceof buildings vwhere. the. dark color is objectionable. On the other hand, colored com- Zip ositions employed ascalking cements andrthe like ordinarily contain oxidizable oils .which change in character on exposure, causing the composition to harden. When a substantial amount. of oilis' present in calking cement the brickvvbrkormasonry is sometimes stained and inTsome instances the composition is too stifi to be readily 'applied, or when applied. it shrinks and cracks on exposure. I have been found to be so sticky and adhesive that they render, it dimcult to apply the same. How'- ever, the principal objection to compositions. now

use is the lack of permanent elasticity necessary toprovide a water-tight seal capable of exp'anding' and contractl g'fwith the masonry or j other structure to which the. composition is. applied. j a I have found that certain resins and particularly paracoumarone resin, preferably in admixture with a solventand preferably also combined witha filler such as asbestos or other fibrousmaterial, are adapted for use. as cal "ng cementor sealing .materialifor expansion joints and the like. The product of the presentinvention is 45 characterized by permanent elasticity and resistance to oxidation and. change upon exposure. Further, the product may be combined with a pigment adapted to give t e composition the desired color for'use on the face or other exposed portions-of buildings,;:etc. Among the objects of my. invention: are to .provide a permanently elastic waterproof compoundiadapted for use as calking cement or the like, to improve the resistance. of ..calking1 ee- 55 merits and calke'd joints' toadeterioration and Other compositions Application January 21, 1932, Serial-No.58'L968 sciaims. (chine-s leakage on exposure, to provide a colored calking cement adapted for use on the face of buildings or in other exposed locations, and to provide a simple and inexpensive method of producing compositions of the type described. These and other objects and features of my invention will appear from the following description thereof in which reference is made to typical formulae for producing calking cements. However, it will be apparent that the compositionof my invention is adapted for many other uses and therefore the examples cited are intended to illustrate typical compositions and are not intended to limit the scope of the invention.

In producing calking cement in accordance with my invention, I employ a resin which preferably possesses elasticity at ordinary atmospheric. temperatures and which is resistant to the action; of acids and alkalies and substantially unaffected by exposure to the atmosphere.

The resin is preferably light in color and inexpensive to produce or obtain. Even resins of relativelydark color may be satisfactorily used inmany cases, provided such resins have a low pigmental value, or when a very light colored cement is not required. As compared with asphalts and coal-tar pitches, which have a relatively high pigmental value, the color of such resins is easily masked by certain pigments although the resins themselves appear dark to the eye. Some of the darker colored grades of paracoumarone resins are examples of such resins. Resins of the type known commonly ,to the trade as paracoumarone .resinsfare particularly adapted for this purpose. These resins are readily obtainable in varying gradeshaving melting points ranging from about 40 C. or lower to. above 100 C. and may be obtained in the form of light, almost colorless products. Paracoumarone resins are unsaponifiable and are ex- 40 tremely stable, undergoing no oxidation on. exposure to the atmosphere and being unaffected bydi'lute acids. The type of resin employed in any instance may be varied, depending upon the character of the composition desired and the purpose for which the composition is to. be used. Ordinarily for producing calking cements I employ-paracoumarone resins having a melting point of from to 60 C. r

The resin is preferably mixed with asolvent 50 for the resin which is employed. in sufficient amountto produce a composition of any desired degree of plasticity, from a stiff putty-like mass to a. mobile paste adapted to be applied by pressure apparatus. The solvent may be of a volaoxide pigments, iron oxide, zinc fofdifferent characteristics.

does not exceed about .40

tile type which evaporates from the material leaving a stable elastic waterproof cement, or

non volatile solvent which remams in the composition after the same has also be used if desired. Among, the solvents suitable for. this purpose are volatile' organic liquids such as xylol, benzol, or other organictderivative of coal tar. Y

volatile solvents may be high boiling organic In any case T the solvent will vary in character.andYamountQ liquids, such as coal tar'distillates.

withthe nature of the resinous material employed and the characteristics ofjthe' composii tion to be produced. 7

The composition preferably includes in addi tion to the resin and solventafiller 'sucn-asa bestos, Wood pulp, other comminuted elude inert pulverized or comminuted fillers. H Calkingcements and! the like embodying my 'invention are readily colored and therefore-are particularly adapted for-"use in joints in exposed portions of buildings, etc. 7 The composition may be given anyadesired color; blending wi'th the-color of brick, moldings or other portion of' the structureto which-the oxide; lead oxide,

or other mineral pigments. The composition is fore inconspicuous and the objectionable and unsightly appearance commonly presented "by calked joints is-overcome. I

' 'Ihe" materials may be mixed in 'various'proportions to obtain cements having a I Wide range Ordinarily, -.when 'the'cementis to beapplied by means of-atrowel, the product is stiffer than that 'producedfor "application by means of, a mechanical pressure device. Although'I may use the resin byitself' or 'in admixture with a solvent, the amount of resin preferably employed constitutes from 40- .to' 80 per cent by- Weightof the composition. The "filler or fibrous material-when-used preferably per cent of "the total and the amount of cotton linters, textile fibers, er-

fibrous material and; may-in from about 0 to'about 60 oxidlzable 011s a 5 tially no chang solvent passes v V and the properties of :thec I t that ob ecti'on'able shrink ng"'-of' the material do es'not take place, The cement remains per-'- 10 "m'anently elastic and waterproof and is unafgfe'cted bxexposure to the atmosphere. Example, 1. Atypical formula for producing red:calking cement; which is adapted to be ap plied bymeans of a trowel, is as follows:

t q Percent e mnaioneresm (m. p. 50-60'C.) 59 Solvent 16 Ironoxide 4 20 Asbestos, 21 Example 2 .A gray composition suitable for Paracoumarone n (m. p. 50-60 Q.)

Asbestos;

following formula H v 1 .Percent' .Paracoumaroneresin'(m; p'. 5060 C.) 56 eSolvent s; r 15 .Chrome.-'yellow .7 {Ultramarine .blue 2 JASbBStOS" Q -20.

"As indicatedi by" theforegoi'ng examples, the proportions of the materials may'vary ,widelyfd'e- .p'endingupon the characteristics .of the cement tolbe produced; Furthermore, resins other than j paracournarone' resins and fillers" or-" fibrou'simateri'als other; than asbestos may; be employed, if desired ,-j'and"nume rous other changes in 'th'pro- -1 oyedjin producing, the compos tion maybe i w h fd runei er, the inventioni c I The term elasticity asapplied to calkin'g cemerits 'enerally' understoodfin the trade to re jas .Well' as jtheljelastic. properties It is therefore consideredjthat lfactory elasticity. 'Ih'eterm's elastic? and felasthe specificationfand jticityj are "used throughout in the'claimsjin the foregoing sense. The term pcoll r is used in'j the' specification an'd'fclaimsin a sense excludingblack, which,

strictly speaking is not a color.-

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f -1. Aweather-fast colored-calkingcement charsubstantially permanent elasticity 51 paracou'maroneresin having a melting point C;;- about 20 percent asbestos fiber, about 5 percent metallic .oxidejand percent of xylol; e i 1.. 2. A:.=weather-.fast. colored, calkingrcement charons. and character or the constituents em- Fi t s ri s e s peratures by a hand trowel or acterized by substantially permanent elasticity and adapted to be applied at atmospheric temgrease gun, said cement consisting of from 40 to 80 percent by weight of paracoumarone. resin, less than 40 percent of comminuted fibrous material, a pigment and a suiiicient amount of solvent for the resin to render the composition plastic at atmospheric temperatures.

3. A weather-fast calking cement adapted to be mixed with a pigme' t to impart the desired color thereto and to be applied at atmospheric to render the composition plastic at atmospheric temperatures.

CHARLES S. REEVE. 

